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Switchblade 600

Man-portable, tube-launched anti-armor loitering munition; first system selected for Replicator; used by Ukraine.

by AeroVironment

FieldedAir
A Switchblade 600 loitering munition leaving its launch tube during training at Grafenwoehr, Germany

Photo: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cody Nelson · Public domain (PD-USGov-Military-Army)

Man-portable, tube-launched anti-armor loitering munition; first system selected for Replicator; used by Ukraine.

Timeline

No milestones recorded for Switchblade 600 yet. The timeline fills in as unveilings, tests, contracts and deliveries are sourced.

Technologies1

Cost to the government

  • Unit cost (per round)Confirmed
    $170K
    Then-year $ · 294 units · FY2026

    PB2026 request, Missile Procurement Army line I46000 Launched Effects Family, sub-item I46012 LASSO, P-5a: AeroVironment all-up rounds $170.000K x 294 ($49.98M). The PB2027 book later shows FY2026 LASSO rounds as $167.052K x 287 with vendor 'Various'.

    U.S. Army, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)
  • Unit cost (per round)Confirmed
    $113K
    Then-year $ · 2,572 units · FY2025

    PB2027 Missile Procurement Army line C91500, sub-item C91521 LASSO, P-5a FY 2025: AeroVironment sole-source FFP all-up rounds $112.814K x 2,572 ($290.157M). LASSO directed requirement = Switchblade 600. FY2026/FY2027 LASSO rounds list vendor 'Various' ($167.052K x 287; $148.910K x 557) and are not attributed here.

    Army Recognition

Unit costs and contract unit prices for this product, and budget figures for the programs that buy it. Each figure states its dollar basis and links its source; contract values are under Programs & awards.

Programs & awards1 programs

Programs1

  • ReplicatorProductionU.S. Department of Defense · United States

Operators2

  • UAUkraine
  • USUnited States
Combat use
Documented

News1

Sources5

  1. 1.
    CompanyAV’s Switchblade 600 Selected for Tranche 1 of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Replicator Initiative

    AeroVironment · May 7, 2024 · Supports: System

    “AV’s Switchblade 600 is a man-portable, extended-range loitering munition system equipped with an anti-armor warhead”
  2. 2.
    NewsPentagon's Replicator selects AeroVironment's Switchblade-600 as first buy

    Reuters · May 6, 2024 · Supports: System

    “The Switchblade-600 has gained notoriety because the Ukrainian military is using it to strike Russian troops.”
  3. 3.
    NewsUS Army chooses AeroVironment's Switchblade 600 loitering munition for LASSO Program

    Army Recognition · Supports: Cost

    “US Army chooses AeroVironment's Switchblade 600 loitering munition for LASSO Program”
  4. 4.
    Government recordArmy FY 2026 Budget Estimates: Missile Procurement, Army Justification Book

    U.S. Army, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) · Supports: Cost · amount

    “All Up Round (AUR) Manufacturing(†) 2026 AeroVironment / Simi Valley, CA SS / FFP ACC-APG Mar 2026 Oct 2026 294 170.000”
  5. 5.
    Government recordArmy FY 2027 Budget Estimates: Missile Procurement, Army Justification Book

    U.S. Army, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) · Supports: Cost · amount

    “All Up Rounds (AUR) Manufacturing Directed Requirement(†) 2025 Aerovironment / Simi Valley, CA SS / FFP ACC-APG Mar 2025 Dec 2025 2,572 112.814”

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